Indiana Grandmother Under Investigation for Possible Terror Links
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A 46-year-old Indiana grandmother is reportedly under investigation for possible ties to suspected and convicted international terrorists, Fox News reports. Kathie Smith, a Muslim convert, currently resides in Indianapolis, but caught investigators’ attention after making several recent trips to and from Europe in recent weeks and blogging about her granddaughter who last year married a suspected German jihadist.
According to Fox, the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center, a counterterror intelligence clearinghouse staffed by local and federal law enforcement officials, is currently examining a number of pieces of evidence, including a pro-jihadist video featuring Smith and her husband, as well as photos with members of the Islamic Jihad Union, a group charged with plotting failed terror attacks against U.S. and German targets:
Though the FBI and Department of Homeland Security do not generally comment on open investigations, an Indiana DHS spokesperson told Fox News that Smith’s potential terror ties were being investigated by Indiana State Police. Though Smith is not currently listed on the federal government’s no-fly list, she claims her name is on some kind of government “watch list.”
In lengthy e-mail exchanges with FoxNews.com, Smith claimed that she has been repeatedly subjected to hours-long interrogations by Homeland Security every time she travels. She said her luggage has been subjected to bomb residue tests, and that officials asked her numerous detailed questions about her husband. She also claims DHS officials on more than one occasion escorted her onto a departing airplane.
DHS did not respond to FoxNews.com’s request for comment on Smith’s allegations.
Smith — who now calls herself Zubaida — added that she and her husband were met and interrogated by German police while in a taxi in October 2009. German police, however, said they were not currently investigating an American woman, but declined to say whether they were aware of Smith.
In lengthy e-mail exchanges with FoxNews.com, Smith alternatively defended her online postings, denied being anti-American, called the Sept. 11 attacks an inside job, the U.S. a terrorist organization and praised the American-born radical Muslim cleric Anwar al Awlaki — architect, trainer and inspiration for many of the recent terrorist attacks attempted or committed against the U.S. President Obama last April approved Awlaki‘s inclusion on the CIA’s targeted killing list. In one e-mail to FoxNews.com, Smith wrote:
“If your neighbor was being attacked by a perpetrator, would you just stand there and say, ‘Oh I will let someone come who has a gun to help them’? No, you would rush to their defense. And use any type of “weapon” to help that person… this is what I am doing. I am defending the defenseless. I am defending my home and family and their right to safety. No matter who it is at my door. These are the rights the Constitution gives me. The very right this Communistic government is trying to take away from me and the rest of the Americans.”
The video currently being scrutinized features Smith and her 28-year-old husband, known as Salahudin Ibn Ja’far, posing with weapons and features images of known and suspected terrorists and jihadist propaganda.
Smith's husband, Salahudin Ibn Ja'far
There also are photos of German Taliban Mujahideen — German nationals who have formed their own splinter group within the Taliban — and mug shots of members of the Saarland cell of Islamic Jihad Union charged with plotting failed terror attacks against U.S. targets in Germany, including a 2007 plot to bomb the U.S. Air Force base at Ramstein.
Smith said of the Ramstein plotters featured in her video:
“The so-called ‘jihadists’ you have mentioned are actually personal friends of my husband from childhood. In the video he was expressing his love and gratitude to his friends, who have died fighting for freedom. Just like any other American or European citizen who displays pictures of soldiers who have died on their videos. There is no difference in gratitude and love. It is just that your government has deemed these noble men as ‘terrorists’ because they are not on the same side. Least us not forget the Mujahideen who fought the Russians for the U.S. They were deemed ‘heroes’ and lead by Osama Bin Laden at that time, and now because the government says so… they are “terrorists.””
Smith’s husband has also been active in the online jihadist community, posting content from the German Taliban’s media outfit and the Islamic Jihad Union. He’s also written in support of his “noble leaders,” including wanted terrorists Osama bin Laden and Anwar Awlaki, the Sept. 11 hijackers and other terrorist leaders.
Salahudin appeared to maintain forums devoted to hosting Awlaki’s sermons. Earlier this month he uploaded videos to his since-deleted YouTube account that included German muhajideen training at jihadist camps in Pakistan, and another featuring the widow of a German Taliban jihadist directing the wives of jihadists to fulfill their obligations while their husbands are off fighting.
In other English-language posts, he suggests he himself has trained in these same jihadist camps.
On Facebook, he is “friends” with the notorious Al Qaeda English-language online magazine Inspire, thought to be principally authored by American-turned-Muslim radical Samir Khan. Salahudin also has used his online posts to call for the deaths of U.S. citizens, military and government leaders, and recently joined in on another user’s thinly veiled threats against Condoleezza Rice, according to postings discovered by FoxNews.com and screen shots provided by the Jawa Report, a watchdog blog that has been following the online activities of Smith and her husband.
His Facebook “friends” make up a who’s who of terror groups, many of which his wife is also associated with online. He and Smith have been kicked off of Facebook repeatedly over the past month, but both continue to open up new accounts and remain on the social networking site today.
Smith, left, and her husband
On Facebook, Smith “likes” Awlaki, has belonged to a Facebook group called “Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb to answer your questions,” referring to the North African branch of Al Qaeda. Smith also is Facebook “friends” with pages claiming to be the terrorist groups Al Shabaab and Ansar al Jundullah, in addition to “friends” Sheikh Faisal and Youself al-Khatb, the reported spiritual leader and co-founder of Revolution Muslim, respectively. Her “Likes” and “Groups” are visible to the public; a friend request from this reporter to Smith was not accepted.
A Facebook Page provided by Jawa Report shows that Smith warned her husband via Facebook post not to accept FoxNews.com’s friend request either.
On her MySpace page, currently available for viewing via Google cache, Smith wrote: “As salamu alaikum akhi.. it is time for Jihad and it is now Fard ayn for ALL Muslims whether their [sic] in the United Snakes or else where…Insha’Allah!!!!”
Smith has also praised Awlaki and celebrated the deaths of U.S. “terrorist” soldiers at the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan. She has repeatedly called for jihad against the West and insists she is within her “right as an American citizen to freedom of speech, religion, and the right to bare arms. I have the right in America to say what ever [sic] I want. That is what makes America so great, right?”
According to his social media sites, Smith’s husband is currently living in Germany.
“I live a simple life, a life where I fear Allah first and try hard to do what is right for mankind. I am not some ‘horribly misguided, or brainwashed’ individual,” Smith says. “I have lived a long life and have seen many things. And I will always stand up for what is right, no matter who is trying to say the contrary.”
Smith’s case is similar to that of Colleen LaRose, a suburban Philadelphia woman who recently pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges in a plot to assassinate a Swedish artist. During her time in the spotlight, LaRose was dubbed “Jihad Jane” — the first Islamic extremist American woman arrested on terror-related charges.
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Comments (127)
texasfarmer
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:14pmThose guys are as cute as they smell.
Report Post »silveracer44
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:13pmJust another excuse to crack down on American citizens. And now DHS is moving in on malls and hotels soon. DHS = Gestapo.
We need some good ol’ fashioned civil disobedience people. Even though it’s probably too late for that to work…
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:12pmsimple solution. we know where she is. America must defend America from the muslim threat.
Report Post »MrsHess
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:44pmI wish some local Christians would go and pray for her on her front lawn. It would set an example of the true religion of peace (most of the time) and would drive her nuts!
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:08pmGreat article. Thanks for writing it.
It seems that these American women have some kind of pie in the sky view of jihad and these propaganda videos do not show the real face of the horrific and disgusting acts of violence they commit in the name of Islam on a daily basis.
This war they are waging on Western Civilization and freedom is going to be the battle of all battles and it seems that we haven’t even begun to fight it yet.
One thing I know for certain is if we don’t name this stealth enemy we will never be able to defeat it. So far our dhimmi government has not taken this enemy seriously and we are still sitting ducks. It appears that, indeed, they are unable to comprehend the threat or devise a vision to end it.
When Thomas Jefferson had to make a decision about the Muslim Barbary Pirates long ago he bought a Quran so that he could understand who he was dealing with and after he had read it he realized appeasement will never work with these Islamists so he immediately changed America’s strategy. Here’s the article about what Jefferson did. It is a lesson on appeasement that you will not soon forget!
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
We must learn from Thomas Jefferson and use the same sort of strategy because this war has now reached our shores and we can wage it now and defeat it, or our children and grandchildren can fight it later when it will be much more difficult and much more bloodier because no American who loves freedom will submit to kneeling on their bloodied mats and bowing to their Prophet of Doom five times a day.
Report Post »Into The Night
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:07pmALL Muslims are terrorists! Shocking? Not as much as who our politicians really are…find out in this latest thriller. Download your copy today.
http://studios.amazon.com/scripts/2761
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:07pmthis is happening all over tho, very young stupid white women and the old white women are the muslim targets, they‘re so hard up they fall for the muslim’s line of crap.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:05pmNEWS FLASH: muslims are terrorists. So what’s new?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 6:55pmYeah.
Report Post »Its not like this woman is an airline pilot who takes pictures with a cell phone !!
THAT requires a raid @ his home by the JTTF.
This muslim and her family, they are just excersing their First Amendment Rights
DagneyT
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:01pmAny American female who would give up her freedom to become muslim is definitely “some ‘horribly misguided, or brainwashed’ individual”.
Report Post »pcrews1120
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 7:00pmOr extremely desperate…
auntmoxie.com
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:59pmI love how these anti-American types always use the Internet and Facebook.
Report Post »Bigbird1960
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:58pmIs that where Lettermans mother lives?
Report Post »Bigbird1960
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:57pmIs that where Letterman’s mother lives?
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:51pmOh isn’t that sweet……..desperate Granny……seeking Muslim terrorist to fullfill her dreams.
What a loony tune.
Report Post »MrsHess
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:50pmCheck my math- how can this woman’s granddaughter be getting married when the grandmother is only 46?
Report Post »auntmoxie.com
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:01pmMRSHESS wrote: Check my math- how can this woman’s granddaughter be getting married when the grandmother is only 46?
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Thank you. Was wondering the very same thing.
trolltrainer
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:06pmLol, my first thoughts too. I am slow at math and it took a second to work it out…
She would have had to been 15 when she gave birth and her daughter would have to have been 15. Now her granddaughter is 15. That comes up to her being 45. Unless adoption or stepchildren are somehow involved…Anyway…Not impossible but certainly screwy…
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:11pmah, it says she currently resides in Indy… possibly she is some rural hick who started having kids at age 12 and her kids and grandkids became active at age 12, etc. . out here in western USA, there are some of these fugly low-IQ gals who know nothing else but hanging out in the backseat, parked out back of a farm bar, and hoping the bag doesn’t slip off their heads. this gal is obviously one of those type.
Report Post »Axle1
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:00amI do believe that they prearrange their daughters marriage at age 5 or sicks ? In exchange for a genie bottle an a 5 cent gold coin or something like that…. ? Your math is correct… They’re sick futher muckers…. ! And if there was no oil under their soil… We would be sending them free food like we do to the ignorant Africans in Africa…..? What gets me is that the retards in Washington DC thinks we can deal with these people like people ! They’re the devils advocates….! And, also, plus, too an another thing… They’re the ones that are bad with math…. All those 73 virgins they’re expecting are goats and pigs ! And are no longer virgins by now ?
Report Post »eteme
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:49pmWhere is the pic. of Mrs. Smith? Why is it every dang time we get some far out story we only get one picture over and over again of some person who never is brought to justice?? Why, we ask?
I tell ya what, give me video of these folks, NOT still shots they are ineffective. It is always one picture over and over again, even with the Wikileaker kid PFC. Bradley or even Jihad Jane (which is not her real name). We only get one picture of him looking like snot nose kid in Army cloths. Give us some video of these clowns in black…
Report Post »bcullum1952
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:49pmNot sure, but doesn’t Islamic law prohibit women with “bare arms”/ I know the Constitution protects the right to “bear arms.”
Report Post »George Bluth
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:48pmThis is why profiling does not work. I mean she is just a typical grandma from Indiana. Probably a catholic. Oh… wait… Charming family.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:08pmnow we know what happened to david letterman’s sister.
Report Post »bigtruck1956
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:47pmMade up crap to cover the TSA and thier wanting to pat down Grandmothers at the airport. Notice the use of the term throughout the report of Grand Mother. I do not trust any of these ****** anymore. Fox is being taken for a ride. Why did she not contact CNN or MSNBC>
Report Post »cykonas
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:45pmFor gosh sakes don‘t grope her because she’s a grandmother, profile her because she is a Muslim. BTW, the background music for the video was pretty catchy, don’t you think?
Report Post »Frank Lee Trickey
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:40pmI’ll have this song stuck in my head all day now. Blah-ewwaaaa blah-a-blu-aaaaa-a-aaaaww, bin la blu-aw-u-aa-a-aaaaa.
Report Post »TombstoneJim
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:44pmThe religion of peace and love…..no so fast….the religion of death and mayhem. Me thinks she does protest to much – or is she really misguided and misled and needing mental health care…..so I would think. So one raised in Indiana, wanting to become a burke clad, subservient menial laborer for a macho pig like muslim men tend to be….
As for stereotyping – Stereotype – “A characteristic of a group readily identifiable to those outside the group”. Muslims blow up airplanes, muslims blow up babies and women in the market places of the world, muslims hold that non-muslims are lesser beings than themselves and can be killed with impunity – and often with reward in the hereafter……those aren’t stereotypes – those are facts. As for the woman’s physical appearance – well we’ll let the burke speak for that.
Just as members of the nazi party are shunned by thinking people, so should muslims be in this nation.
Report Post »N34W118
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:41pmIslam is a cancer metastasizing once again. It did this centuries ago and was driven back to the deserts. This time when we drive it back to the deserts we should treat it with LARGE doses of RADIATION to once and for all destroy the cancer.
Report Post »Paul_Kersey
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:42pmAgree!
Report Post »Beenin2wars
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:11amYep and I want to push the button!!
Report Post »rnurmikko
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 8:14amWe have so many weak kneed people in this country that driving them anywhere other than the nearest ACLU office is going to be tough.
Report Post »Each one of us is an agent for America. We must all be vigilant.
Cuthalu
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:37pmShe needs to be held to account for her actions someday.
Report Post »123abc
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:33pmThe enemy from within. Wake up America. Political correctness is gonna get you killed.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 6:49pmA Muslim pervert…….or was that convert
Report Post »mango65
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:32pmShe is 46 and he is 28. She may be willing but it probably has little to do with Allah. If they are truly being stopped than the TSA has it right at least once in awhile.
Report Post »LSX
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:30pmNo stereotyping please
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:03pmwwhhaatt ddoo yyoouu mmeeaann nnoo sstteerreeoo – - ttyyppiinngg??
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 6:14pmOh BTW, isn’t Andre Carson a muslim too ?
Report Post »FROM INDIANA ?
Beenin2wars
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:09amYa, your right! Instead we need to profile!!!!!!! Moron!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:28pmLet me also surmise this Kathy is no “looker”…judging from the photo of her “worse half”.
A woman’s gotta have an awfully low level of self esteem to shack up with loser like this.
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:44pmThe “Religion of Peace” strikes again! Where are the “moderate” Muslim’s protesting Kathy? There are with the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. No Grandma, despite what CAIR says, Jihad is NOT as American as apple pie, you slime ball dreg.
How do we stop this? IIts time to LAUGH the Muslims and the Progressives into “submission”. Ridicule is the social atom bomb which destroys them and will help rebuild this country.
Just released. An Animated Short Feature Film “A Not So Grimm Fairy Tale” ………… Political Satire without the restraint of correctness. Synopsis: The people of “Hairmerica” were mislead into believing a totalitarian political machine. They awaken and take back their nation from the grip of Sorge Goros and Nancy Poles-i-don’t-see with the assistance of Ms. Bearah Sailin and her grizzly bear clan.
http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:46pmSo now the Homeland Security is introducing us to “Jihad Granny?” Indeed though, some people will fall so low in their self esteem to get caught up in the delusional lies told by others; just to find a sense of hope and purpose for their own worth to be attached to.
Just like Obama, so many fell for his delusional dreams of reshaping America; now they are finding out the price for his nightmare being made into reality.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:48pmLeast us not forget the Mujahideen who fought the Russians for the U.S. They were deemed ‘heroes’ and lead by Osama Bin Laden at that time, and now because the government says so… they are “terrorists.””
This statement forgets one crucial detail as well. The Mujahideen were fighting for their homeland and their way of life; Bin Laden attacked us on OUR HOME TURF FIRST!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:51pman Indiana DHS spokesperson told Fox News that Smith’s potential terror ties were being investigated by Indiana State Police. Though Smith is not currently listed on the federal government’s no-fly list,
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Friends and my fellow Americans, this is all we need to know about DHS :
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Report Post »Smith is not currently listed on the federal government’s no-fly list,
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( will make you feel warm and fuzzy the next time a TSA agents pokes your orifices)
guyperram
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 4:51pmA woman can’t have any self-esteem to be a Muslim in the first place.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:03pmyeah “Sal” probably has her keep the burkha on even in the bedroom. “No honey, please leave it on or I wont be able to perform”. Maybe in Islamic culture they refer to those women as “burkha baggers”.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:11pm@Cheezewhiz
Good point.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:17pmok which one is the granny?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:39pmI would hate to think they are labeling this grandmother as jihadist (is that like illegal alien?) when there is evidence against her. Isn’t there a nicer, less discriminating term to use – something that won’t offend the journalistic sensibility out there. After all, we wouldn‘t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
Report Post »On the other hand, if she’s guilty CONVICT HER!
balrog
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 5:50pmthe enemy in middle america….20 yrs ago , she would be ashamed to show her face in public; now its ok to be anti american ??? we need to paste her face on billboards along with her jihadist masters so we know who they are around here..what local mosque does she attend promoting this religion of peace..i thought all the mosques in indy are friendly muslims?? not wecome here!!
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 6:36pmShe is 20 years older than he is – I think you are right – she must have some issues! Some times I just don’t understand people! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 7:10pmThey have got to invent a story with a grandmother in it to justify pat downs of grandma at the airport. I am sure they will create something to justify their case. Wake Up Folks….this government is up to NO GOOD….across the board.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 7:38pmI’m so glad Uncle Fester found someone to replace Debbie.
Report Post »Passerby
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 8:25pmIgnorant drivel, Bin Laden wasnt‘ anyone’s leader and had nothing to do with the US. He was the Saudi bagman, a sissy rich kid.
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 10:50pmThere is but one punishment that should be exacted consistently for those that plot and conspire against this country and that is death.
Report Post »Border Ruffian
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:44amZombie rule #1, always double tap….
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:28pm.
Let’s make clear that these jihadists are NOT Germans. They live there against the expressed wishes of the vast majority of people, whose voices go unheeded by the politicians, like everywhere else.
Just like the iraqis who attacked Jyllands-Posten today were NOT Swedish, just because some very liberal politicians there had given them Swedish passports.
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Report Post »Mikey_1962
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:12pmIf I had married a loser like this guy I’d cover my face too!
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:05pmKathie: Work it Girl he looks like such a catch …What are you hiding under there?
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